Why?

I just wanted to write some public code and share it with others. Javascript has a lot of pains in the butt and jQuery is not the answer to every problem. jsKata is the answer to some of the problems that I face everyday while writing javascript.

A manifesto?

I wrote a manifesto because it helps me focusing on what and how I want to achieve with jsKata. This is the manifesto of version 0.2.

No internal dependence : every library can be used independently “as is”.

No external dependence : don’t depend on external libraries.

Everything is public : you know what you’re doing

Avoid objects : use closures

No unnecessary validation : if something goes wrong, an error will pop

No error catching : if an error pop, it goes all the way up

No DOM : jQuery already exists

No plugins : if a developer wants to add something, he will find a way around

Write good documentation : document as I code

Promote : a good library is nothing without users

What are the libraries available?

I don't consider jsKata to be a library but more a set of libraries because each one can be used independently (see #1 in manifesto). For the moment, there are two librairies.

Undo & redo
I wrote about undo and undo & redo before. I took the code and put it in jsKata. You can look at the code or try the demo.

No freeze
This librairy is to avoid unresponsive script warning when you have a really long loop. It cuts a loop to create digestible chunks without a warning. I'll write more about this one in the future but meanwhile, you can look at the code or try the demo.